[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 271

[Daniel Santa Cruz]

Welcome to issue 271 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of June 9 to 11, 2013.

Quotes of the Week

   * cmccann: also please note that "malign" remains one of my best
     function names ever

   * dolio: Peak file descriptors is a myth.

   * mami: i think my brain rewired for higher typesystem compatibility
     in my sleep

   * elliott: it's impure but only depending on the environment! which
     is to say it is impure.

   * johnw: lens makes one into a mutating ninja

   * applicativ: een my language we say Z for one

   * DavidJacobs: Code is like poetry; most of it shouldn't have been
     written.

   * merijn: If I could program with arbitrary real world side effects
     I'd use "unsafeStabComputerUser" if someone attempted that

   * shachaf: Hackage going down regularly is part of the rustic charm
     of Haskell!

   * shachaf: JavaScript is the best example of a domain-specific
     language. Because of the same-origin policy.

   * chrisdone: [on being invited to help with idris development] dude
     i've already got 20 yaks lined up waiting to be shaved, don't send
     me a whole truck full

   * shachaf: edwardk isn't benevolent or malevolent. edwardk is more of
     a simple mechanical process tending toward maximal complexity.

   * AndrejBauer: When have you ever heard a category theorist say: I
     want to prove this diagram commutesâLet's suppose it doesn't.

Top Reddit Stories

   * Applicative => Monad is coming.
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 122, Comments: 62
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/JCvQ4
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/fJxeX

   * The Homotopy Type Theory Book is now available for free online and in
print at Lulu.com
     Domain: homotopytypetheory.org, Score: 86, Comments: 16
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/x8nLW
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/DR9gf

   * Three useful monads
     Domain: adit.io, Score: 71, Comments: 25
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/WHqPr
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/1r8nC

   * Beta sign up for FP Complete new IDE
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 63, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/RPV0P
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/c03Od

   * HLearn implements more with 6 trivial lines of Haskell than Weka
implements with over 100 complex lines of Java
     Domain: izbicki.me, Score: 47, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/EEqwS
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/Ukk4E

   * Top secret School of Haskell articles leaked
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 47, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/zhhYm
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/zhhYm

   * F-algebra tutorial
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 41, Comments: 35
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/Ybmbs
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/szfGk

   * John Carmack on haskell today.
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 40, Comments: 79
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/8qHkt
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/8qHkt

   * Data Flow Fusion with Series Expressions in Haskell
     Domain: justtesting.org, Score: 40, Comments: 19
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/ZNeIP
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/JAjjy

   * So you still don't understand Hindley-Milner? Part 1
     Domain: akgupta.ca, Score: 38, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/OOk43
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/SZ1Gb

   * Ask HN: Any downsides of programming in Haskell?
     Domain: news.ycombinator.com, Score: 36, Comments: 104
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/vRuHW
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/fcleS

   * FP Complete - Haskell Introduction
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 36, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/GqgC5
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/KoVYs

   * Fix your posture with haskell
     Domain: github.com, Score: 35, Comments: 2
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/lznTr
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/x21Ax

   * preprint list for ICFP'13 papers (additional links welcome)
     Domain: github.com, Score: 34, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/mZsTn
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/bhbC9

   * GHC: now with closed type families
     Domain: github.com, Score: 34, Comments: 15
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/JJSSv
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/QlV4s


Top StackOverflow Questions

   * How to compare two functions for equivalence, as in (λx.2*x) ==
(λx.x+x)?
     votes: 15, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/A6YDd

   * Should I use typeclasses or not?
     votes: 15, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/EOV1M

   * Is there something like `map2 :: (i -> a) -> (i -> b) -> [i] ->
[(a,b)]`?
     votes: 11, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/WZyEy

   * Why isn't GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving a Safe Haskell?
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/on6Fc

   * It's not a monad, but what is it?
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/sm9gR

   * Writing efficient iterative loop for ST monad
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/WAAwA

   * Getting multiple results from map with “lens”
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/zqX8E

   * How to run Frege programs on Android?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/XlSCN

   * Are there problems that can't be solved efficiently without arrays?
[duplicate]
     votes: 9, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/Z5j9a

   * Haskell: How to organize a group of functions that all take the same
arguments
     votes: 9, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/z64H7

Until next time,
[41]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Functor-Applicative-Monad_Proposal
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gsejt/applicative_monad_is_coming/
   3. http://homotopytypetheory.org/book/
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gr3uw/the_homotopy_type_theory_book_is_now_available/
   5. http://adit.io/posts/2013-06-10-three-useful-monads.html
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g3a7e/three_useful_monads/
   7. https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2013/06/beta-sign-up
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1giy7l/beta_sign_up_for_fp_complete_new_ide/
   9. http://izbicki.me/blog/hlearns-code-is-shorter-and-clearer-than-wekas
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g4v7u/hlearn_implements_more_with_6_trivial_lines_of/
  11.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g5k80/top_secret_school_of_haskell_articles_leaked/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g5k80/top_secret_school_of_haskell_articles_leaked/
  13. https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/bartosz/understanding-algebras
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g2g3s/falgebra_tutorial/
  15.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g1mvx/john_carmack_on_haskell_today/
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g1mvx/john_carmack_on_haskell_today/
  17.
http://justtesting.org/post/53175916852/data-flow-fusion-with-series-expressions-in-haskell
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gi5m1/data_flow_fusion_with_series_expressions_in/
  19.
http://akgupta.ca/blog/2013/05/14/so-you-still-dont-understand-hindley-milner/
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1g0ueo/so_you_still_dont_understand_hindleymilner_part_1/
  21. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5893442
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gknfs/ask_hn_any_downsides_of_programming_in_haskell/
  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqi0Xu2Enaw
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1glw2o/fp_complete_haskell_introduction/
  25. https://github.com/keera-studios/keera-posture
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gr044/fix_your_posture_with_haskell/
  27. https://github.com/gasche/icfp2013-papers#readme
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gg2xf/preprint_list_for_icfp13_papers_additional_links/
  29.
https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/569b26526403df4d88fe2a6d64c7dade09d003ad
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gu2yl/ghc_now_with_closed_type_families/
  31.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17045941/how-to-compare-two-functions-for-equivalence-as-in-x-2x-x-xx
  32.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17100036/should-i-use-typeclasses-or-not
  33.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17074424/is-there-something-like-map2-i-a-i-b-i-a-b
  34.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17137111/why-isnt-generalizednewtypederiving-a-safe-haskell
  35.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17034427/its-not-a-monad-but-what-is-it
  36.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17126923/writing-efficient-iterative-loop-for-st-monad
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17144334/getting-multiple-results-from-map-with-lens
  38.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17222383/how-to-run-frege-programs-on-android
  39.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17128103/are-there-problems-that-cant-be-solved-efficiently-without-arrays
  40.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17176829/haskell-how-to-organize-a-group-of-functions-that-all-take-the-same-arguments
  41. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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